V sign (hand gesture); peace sign
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
pressing; urging; demanding; demand
to pound (e.g. heart); to pulse (e.g. vein); to pulsate
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
metre (unit of length); meter; meter; gauge
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
one's whole heart; everything one feels
heavy load; heavy luggage; heavy freight; heavy burden; heavy responsibility; encumbrance
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
best; supreme; wonderful; highest; maximum; most
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
to compete with; to vie for
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
to learn; to study; to take lessons in
the same generation; coeval
normal mode; default mode
self-satisfied look; triumphant look; smug face; shit-eating grin
highest grade; finest quality; top class; superlative (degree)
words of praise; eulogy; compliment
smooth; undisturbed; uninterrupted; harmonious
that is not supposed to ...; that ought not to ...; that should never ...; that cannot possibly ...
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
to get goosebumps; to have one's hair stand on end; to shudder
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
to be born; to come into the world
unidentifiable; unidentified
with a start; with a jump
appearance; expression; manifestation
inorganic matter; mineral matter; cold; inhuman; robotic
maturing; ripening; aging; ageing; curing; fermenting
flood of emotions; many thoughts
reconstruction; reorganization; reorganisation; reconstitution; reconfiguration